Read EA's Aggressive Warning Letter To A Former Employee

Like any other big company, there are probably good sides to working at EA, and there are probably bad sides. Here's one of the bad sides: the publisher keeps track of former employees, and sends them threatening letters when it's worried those former employees will start spilling company secrets.

I get it, when you're high enough up the corporate ladder, you're privy to things your employer wouldn't want the competition knowing about. So when you up and leave and join the competition, they've every right to be worried.

But this letter isn't saying anything new. It's just reminding Cousins of stuff he already knew, and had signed off on. So this is just a follow-up, leaning on him about as heavily as a legal document can, while also treating him like a criminal suspect instead of a guy who, until last year, had done a damn good job being the public face of one of EA's less marketable divisions.

In theory its reasonable. However it's all about how you go about enforcing it. EA just pulled a major dick move in enforcing their 'rights'. You don't go essentially bullying someone saying 'OI PRICK, Remember, you cant do THIS THIS THIS AND THIS or we'll SUE YOUR ASS.' you be a little more self conscious and discrete about it. Possibly a *lot* more friendly.

...this seems completely standard. It's a little odd that they feel it necessary to remind him about this agreement, but doesn't seem malicious...and from what I can tell this letter would actually help with avoiding a court case should Ben Cousins have forgotten his obligations or something.